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Dr. Moore Simas is the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry and Quantitative Health Sciences, at the UMass Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Health. She is an academic specialist in Ob/Gyn, physician-scientist, and educator. She was the founding Engagement Director, and now Obstetric Engagement Liaison, of MCPAP for Moms, a first in nation state-wide program that enhances the capacity of obstetric care clinicians to address perinatal mental health and substance use disorders. MCPAP for Moms has impacted national policy resulting in HRSA-awards to 7 states, with an additional 13 states or health care systems through different funding mechanisms, having or developing similar Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs. Dr. Moore Simas is medical director of Lifeline for Moms, and Principal Investigator (MPI) of the Lifeline for Moms National Network of Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs. Lifeline for Moms was founded to provide technical assistance for others Access Programs, as a research home to further advance innovations in integrating obstetric and mental health care, and as a peer learning to further improve and customize this unique care delivery model, with a focus on achieving equity in perinatal mental health. Dr. Moore Simas has a federally funded research portfolio (e.g., CDC, NIH, PCORI) and has served/serves on national committees including the Council’s and now AIM’s Maternal Mental Health Patient Safety Bundle Work Group, and the American College of Ob/Gyn Maternal Mental Health Expert Work Group (Co-Chair); she serves as an ABOG oral board examiner. Her academic achievements have led to well over 100 peer reviewed publications, and national presentations and awards.

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Dr. Jody Stonehocker completed her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco and residency at the University of New Mexico. She worked in private practice as a general OB/Gyn for seven years before returning to academic practice. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Division of Gynecology in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of New Mexico. She practices full scope OB/Gyn and is the medical director of a multi-site, federally funded (Title V and Title X) clinic system that serves women who do not qualify for insurance coverage due to their immigration status. Dr. Stonehocker has previously served as the assistant clerkship director, associate residency program director, residency program director and is the current Vice Chair of Education for the Department of OB/Gyn. She is a graduate of the APGO Scholars and Leaders Program and has earned local and national educational awards including nomination to the Gold Humanism Honors Society by UNM medical students. Dr. Stonehocker has recently taken on the role of Director of Career Advisement in the Office of Medical Student Affairs for the UNM School of Medicine. Her scholarly interests include leadership development through mentorship, recruitment and retention of a diverse OB/Gyn workforce, and health equity for underserved populations. She was a SASGOG board member 2016 – 2019 and is honored to serve as the current SASGOG Secretary and Co-Chair of the new SASGOG DEI Taskforce.

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Kimberly S. Gecsi, MD is Chief Medical Officer, Froedtert & MCW Specialty Practice and Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Operations in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Clinically she focuses on minimally invasive gynecologic surgery and lower genital tract disease. She has worked on national guideline development for the CDC, ACOG and ASCCP. She is active nationally in several organizations including being a member of the SASGOG Board of Directors, an ABOG board examiner, and on the GYN clinical consensus committee for ACOG. Her current research is focused on improving screening and resources for victims of intimate partner violence.

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Dr. Leininger currently practices as an Obstetrician/Gynecologist at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). During his 26-year Naval career, he was a Residency Program Director, Graduate Medical Education Committee member, Director of Surgical Services, and, most recently, Ob/Gyn Specialty Advisor to the Surgeon General of the Navy. He currently serves as the Junior Fellow Advisor for ACOG’s Armed Forces District, and he is also a member of the SASGOG Patient Safety Committee. He also serves as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. His non-clinical passion is women’s health advocacy including activities such as lobbying for women’s health issues at the state and federal level, leading the 2014 medical revision of the Department of Defense abortion policy, collaborating with other professional societies on policy issues, and encouraging advocacy engagement by all clinicians.

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Abimbola Famuyide, MBBS, is Professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, and a minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon. He completed medical school at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria and OB/GYN residency training in England and Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Dr. Famuyide is a member of Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, chair of Mayo Clinic Rochester Personnel Committee and Vice Chair of Peoples and Culture Committee. He is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) in London. He serves on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), is a member of their qualifying examination committee and an oral board examiner. Dr. Famuyide is on the governing council of the American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society (AGOS). He is an Editorial Board member of the Green Journal (Obstetrics and Gynecology) and the Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology (JMIG). He has published peer-reviewed manuscripts, and non-peer reviewed articles in leading journals including the Harvard Business Review. His areas of interest include outcomes research in abnormal uterine bleeding, benign gynecologic endoscopic surgery, and obstetric safety.

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Dr. Howard graduated summa cum laude and with honors from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Science degree. She then obtained her medical doctorate and master of public health degrees from Vanderbilt University, were she was named the inaugural Dr. David Satcher public health scholar. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Howard received the Dr. Levi Watkins Jr. Award for her “outstanding contributions to the institution and community in fostering opportunities for underrepresented minorities in our educational, training and research programs.” She went on to complete her obstetrics and gynecology residency at Northwestern University.

She began her academic career in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Through her leadership as the Co-chair of the Diversity Subcommittee of the Dean’s Council for Graduate Medical Education (GME), she worked on departmental and institutional levels to increase diversity in the provider workforce. In 2020, Dr. Howard was recruited to the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical school, where she served as the inaugural Director of Diversity for Graduate Medical Education for the School of Medicine and the inaugural Associate Chair of Diversity Equity and Inclusion in the Department of Women’s Health. In these roles, she spearheaded many ant-racism, diversity recruitment and mentorship efforts. In 2024, Dr. Howard was recruited to Indiana University School of Medicine to serve as the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education and the Vice Chair for Strategic Engagement for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Howard has served on the Diversity Taskforce for the Society for Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the immediate past GME section chair for the Southern Group on Educational affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges. She is an examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her academic interests include racial disparities in graduate medical education, racial disparities in breastfeeding outcomes and mentorship in academic medicine for underrepresented minorities.

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Dr. Griffin is the Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs and Vice President of Clinical Services at Stony Brook Medicine. Prior to that he served as Chair for the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Stony Brook Medicine for 12 years. He graduated from the University of Rochester, received his medical degree from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook where he also completed his residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at SBM. He went on to serve as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy before returning to Stony Brook in 2000. Dr Griffin specializes in Minimally Invasive and Robotic Gyn Surgery (MIS). Prior to being Chair, Dr. Griffin served as the Chief Medical Officer for the University Hospital from 2009 to 2013. He is a Former Fellowship Director, Residency Program Director, and Clerkship Director. Dr. Griffin has served as an Oral Board Examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology and served on the Executive Committee for the Council of University Chairs in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CUCOG). He has received a number of local and national awards, most notably he was the recipient of Stony Brook Medicine’s highest teaching award, the Aesculapius Award and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Distinction in Faculty Service.

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Dr. Isaacs is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, where she is currently serving as the interim chair. She maintains an active clinical practice in all areas of obstetrics & gynecology with special interests in natural childbirth, reproductive health, treatment of sexual dysfunction and contraceptive choices. She has been an active member of SASGOG since 2012, and has served as an author, mentor and editorial board member for the Pearls of Exxcellence. She currently serves on the SASGOG Communications Committee and is beginning her second term as a SASGOG board member.

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Timothy Klatt, MD currently serves as Senior Medical Director Patient Safety for the rapidly growing academic campus of Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin (F&MCW), including the quaternary care hospital, the associated outpatient clinics, and procedural areas, and over 2,750 providers. His responsibilities include continually improving systems of care delivery to make it ever easier for each patient to receive the right care at the right time and inculcating cultures of safety and high reliability. In this role, he has designed and implemented F&MCW’s innovative Peer Support and Radiology Safety Net programs. Prior to serving as Division Head, he was Associate Residency Program Director, Medical Director of the Ob-Gyn clinics, and Medical Director, Birth Center. He is an academic generalist who practices the full range of the specialty. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency at the University of Cincinnati. He has been recognized for excellence in teaching, patient care, patient satisfaction, mentorship, and administration. He has served as an oral examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 2008. His academic achievements include over 45 peer reviewed publications and national presentations.

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Dr. Shari Lawson is an Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the inaugural Division Chief of the General Obstetrics and Gynecology Division at Johns Hopkins Hospital and takes pride in educating and mentoring future academic specialists in gynecology and obstetrics. Dr. Lawson also serves as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and brings extensive experience in medical education and fostering a positive learning environment. Dr. Lawson is a graduate of the APGO Scholars and Leaders Program and has also served as moderator and judge for APGO, ACOG and CREOG meetings. Dr. Lawson has been an active member of SASGOG since 2012 and a member of the SASGOG Program Committee since 2019.

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Dr. Arthur Ollendorff serves as the ACGME Designated Institutional Official and Vice President of Academic Affairs for Carilion Clinic and is the Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and a professor of OB/GYN and Health Systems and Implementation Science at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. His interests include improving quality of healthcare by creating collaborative clinical and academic partnerships especially in medically underserved areas, learner assessment, health systems science, and perinatal substance use disorders.  He is the perinatal lead for the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative (VNPC) and highly engaged on a statewide project focused on eliminating bias in the care of maternal-newborn dyads with substance use disorder and exposure.

Prior to moving to Virginia, Dr Ollendorff served as the ACGME Designated Institutional Official at Mountain Area Health Education Center (Asheville, NC) and the clinical lead for maternal projects for the Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina (PQCNC). 

He is the immediate past-president of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) and has previously held faculty appointments at the University of Cincinnati, where he served as OB/GYN residency director for 10 years, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Ollendorff received his MD degree and completed his OB/GYN residency at Northwestern University.  He is board certified in OB/GYN and Addiction Medicine.

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Dr. Reddy is currently Professor and Chair at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso in the Department of Ob/Gyn.  She formerly served in multiple leadership positions in administrative, clinical, and educational roles as Vice Chair, Division Chief for Academic General OB/GYN, Residency Program Director, Clerkship Director, and Ambulatory Director.  She has been recognized for both medical student and resident teaching.  Dr. Reddy is dedicated to improving access to adolescent girls and women healthcare in El Paso, Texas, and rural areas in West Texas.  She is currently leading efforts in outreach to critical access hospitals and leading efforts to provide additional opportunities for training in rural obstetrical health.  She has led projects in improving maternal and adolescent gynecological health leading to improved maternal outcomes and access to contraception.  She works with medical students, residents, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners as a lead educator but also as a team member.  She has received many opportunities such as NIH Career Development Awards through Women’s Reproductive Health Research Program and Howard Hughes Biomedical Research Program that laid the foundation for a career in academic medicine.  With a career focus in translational work, her research interest focus on how basic science application can lead to clinical advancement with the goal of improving chronic conditions that affect adolescents, that continue to manifest into their adulthood.

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Dr. Theiler is Chair of the Division of Obstetrics and Medical Director of Labor and Delivery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Originally from the Midwest, she graduated with her MD/PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a research focus in molecular virology. She went on to complete a residency in Ob/Gyn at Emory University and then a Women’s Reproductive Health Research scholar program at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). She is ABOG certified in Complex Family Planning, and she sees patients in the outpatient and inpatient settings. Dr. Theiler’s research interests include infectious diseases in OB/Gyn, obstetric telemedicine, and innovation in obstetrics practice. Dr. Theiler is an ABOG specialty board examiner and serves on several national committees.  

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Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. She served as the Director of the Division of Academic Specialists of General Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison WI for from 2016 to June 2022. She is the founding director of the UW Health Menopause Clinic Her clinical and academic focus is menopausal care and menopause education. She is currently the chair of the 2021-2023 SASGOG Program Committee.